The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-10
BRISTOL.

On Friday evening tie ladies of AS
bury will give straw berry festival.
Now you have had experience in their
ability to get up a good feast, so come
out, every one of you, and have a good
time.
Sunday was a good day to stay at
home. 1t threatened to rain and did
sprinkle some. Elder Huntley gave a
very good discourse to rather small
audience.
Mr.. J. King is reported to be improv-
ing slowly.
Chris. Johnson is going to have a
man try to get down to water. That's
a good idea ; water is very harmless
drink.
Notwithstanding the threatening
sky, large audience gathered at AS
bury to hear Elder Thayer. and the re-
mark was heard that the sermon was
worth hearing.
Mr.. VIM. Shepard. having graduated
at Ranney, is now operator at Franks
vile.
| Can any reader of the TELEGRAPH
| give US some information on the cur
rant worm?
The mother of Mrs. H. johnson and
some other relatives from Racine visit
ed here last week.
Elder Selden attended the Sabbath
School Convention in Chicago. He
says he heard one of the very best
speeches on Sabbath schools that he
ever heard. Sabbath schools are to be
improved. Just so; they want i'm
proving in many places and many
phases. Last Sunday the lesson was a
short one; half an hour was quite
enough for it. Next lesson is the
commandments, and would occupy five
or six Sabbaths, but you must get
through in one session, or you can't
keep up with the lesson papers.
Mrs. Newbury, of High street,
Wheatland, arrived at Woodwork on
| Thursday to visit her daughter. Mrs
Peirce, on the Washburn place.
Mrs. G. d. Leonard, of Grand Rapids,
| Michigan, left Woodwork on Friday
| morning and spent few days visiting
| friends in KenOsha and Milwaukee.
She expected to return home ON Thurs
day by steamer from Milwaukee to
Grand Haven.
Fred. Leonard raised an addition to
his barn on Friday afternoon.
Bryant & Castle shipped a car load
of hogs on Wednesday, for which they
paid $4.35 per hundred.
A farmers wife, with commendable
thrift, told her husband she had plan
ned to raise ducks until she could sell
enough to buy gold watch and chain.
The next time the husband went to
Kenosha he brought home with him the
coveted watch and chain and presented
it to his wife. Isn't he duck of a
husband?
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Congregational church met on We'd
nesday afternoon with Mrs. J. p Bish-
OPP
Rev. T. J. Humphrey, of Chicago,
secretary of the Board of Foreign Mis-
siohs, preached missionary sermon on
Sunday morning in the Congregational
church. taking for his text, Go ye in
to all the world" etc. The Rev. gen.
tleman preached again in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. n. Waldo took the
train at Woodwork on Monday for
Midway, Wis, to visit relatives there.
Mrs. Earring, of Richmond, started
| on her return home on Monday after
noon, taking the train at Woodwork.
At Wesley Chapel, ON Sunday morn
ing, June 18th, at half-past 10, the Rev.
]. Reynolds, the pastor, will preach.
Subject, The voice behind thee" In
the evening, at half-past seven, he will
deliver a lecture on "The English Re-
formation" Children's Day will be APP
propriately observed at Wesley on Sun
day, June 10Th.